This fall at NYU Skirball Center, BalletCollective presents Translation, a performance that explores the rapid evolution of communication we’re experiencing today: the abbreviation of words, the mediation of reality through screens, artificial intelligence and machine vision, and more. The program will include the premiere of two new ballets choreographed by Troy Schumacher and Gabrielle Lamb, both set to original and commissioned scores that will be performed live for the first time, alongside two returning duets by Schumacher from the BalletCollective repertory.

This fall at NYU Skirball Center, BalletCollective presents Translation, a performance that explores the rapid evolution of communication we’re experiencing today: the abbreviation of words, the mediation of reality through screens, artificial intelligence and machine vision, and more. The program will include the premiere of two new ballets choreographed by Troy Schumacher and Gabrielle Lamb, both set to original and commissioned scores that will be performed live for the first time, alongside two returning duets by Schumacher from the BalletCollective repertory.

This fall at NYU Skirball Center, BalletCollective presents Translation, a performance that explores the rapid evolution of communication we’re experiencing today: the abbreviation of words, the mediation of reality through screens, artificial intelligence and machine vision, and more. The program will include the premiere of two new ballets choreographed by Troy Schumacher and Gabrielle Lamb, both set to original and commissioned scores that will be performed live for the first time, alongside two returning duets by Schumacher from the BalletCollective repertory.

The Wind Still Brings, Troy's third work for New York City Ballet premieres this fall featuring a new arrangement of William Walton's Piano Quartet in D Minor by Robert Miller, costumes by Jonathan Saunders, the chief creative officer of Diane von Furstenberg, and lighting by Mark Stanley.

The Wind Still Brings, Troy's third work for New York City Ballet premieres this fall featuring a new arrangement of William Walton's Piano Quartet in D Minor by Robert Miller, costumes by Jonathan Saunders, the chief creative officer of Diane von Furstenberg, and lighting by Mark Stanley.

The Wind Still Brings, Troy's third work for New York City Ballet premieres this fall featuring a new arrangement of William Walton's Piano Quartet in D Minor by Robert Miller, costumes by Jonathan Saunders, the chief creative officer of Diane von Furstenberg, and lighting by Mark Stanley.

The Wind Still Brings, Troy's third work for New York City Ballet premieres this fall featuring a new arrangement of William Walton's Piano Quartet in D Minor by Robert Miller, costumes by Jonathan Saunders, the chief creative officer of Diane von Furstenberg, and lighting by Mark Stanley.

Following it's critically acclaimed premiere, New York City Ballet reprises Troy Schumacher's Common Ground for five performances. Featuring a thrilling score by Ellis Ludwig-Leone of the baroque pop band San Fermin with costumes by LVMH Prize winning fashion house Marques'Almeida. For tickets and info, visit NYCBallet.com

BalletCollective’s 2017 Season begins with an encore performance of What Comes Next at the Savannah Music Festival. A program of three works by Troy, Until the Walls Cave In, The Answer, and Invisible Divide explore the company’s unique collaborative process with collaborations pairing architects Carlos Arnaiz and James Ramsey with composers Judd Greenstein and Ellis Ludwig-Leone respectively. Featuring live music from Hotel Elefant and an ensemble of seven dancers, including New York City Ballet’s Harrison Coll, Rachel Hutsell Anthony Huxley, Lauren King, Isabella LaFreniere, Ashley Laracey, and Lauren Lovette.

BalletCollective’s 2016 Season will further explore the company’s unique collaborative process with world premiere works featuring two collaborations pairing architects Carlos Arnaiz and James Ramsey with composers Judd Greenstein and Ellis Ludwig-Leone respectively. Both works will be choreographed by BalletCollective director Troy Schumacher and will be premiered at NYU Skirball Center on October 27 and 28 featuring live music and an ensemble of eight dancers, including New York City Ballet’s Harrison Coll, Rachel Hutsell Anthony Huxley, Lauren King, Isabella LaFreniere, Ashley Laracey, and Lauren Lovette.

In early August, BalletCollective returns to the Palm Theater in Telluride, CO to workshop its new works and share their process with the community. Every BalletCollective work is crafted over months of close collaboration between groups of artists. As we prepare our new works for performance, we like to try it out in a theater to see how each element comes together. The Palm Theater in Telluride, CO has granted BalletCollective a residency which will culminate in a preview of our works in progress and the finished versions of the works we workshopped last summer. Public showing on Saturday, August 13th.

Following its critically acclaimed premiere, New York City Ballet reprises Troy Schumacher's Common Ground for two performances., marking Troy's Saratoga Performing Arts Center choreographic debut. Featuring a thrilling score by Ellis Ludwig-Leone of the baroque pop band San Fermin with costumes by LVMH Prize-winning fashion house Marques'Almeida. For tickets and info, visit NYCBallet.com

Unless you are a Russian oligarch or a billionaire art collector, the closest you’ve probably come to owning a Jeff Koons original is by buying one of his coffee-table books. (In 2013, the 61-year-old artist sold Balloon Dog (Orange) for $58.4 million, which became the most expensive work by a living artist to be auctioned.) But now, thanks to Google, you can now snag a limited-edition Koons for the small price of $40.

Google’s latest Nexus “live cases” features three sculptures from Koons’s Gazing Ball series: Diana, Bust, and Mailbox. The three printed cases, which will be available for a limited time beginning May 10, also includes an animated wallpaper of the artist’s very first live-action video artwork called The Gazing Ball Ballet.

Koons worked alongside New York City Ballet dancers Troy Schumacher and Ashley Laracey for the live-action wallpaper. The dancers interpreted 28 movements from Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake, while simultaneously holding onto a Gazing Ball.